Baggio Hila, soprano

Hila Baggio was born in Israel. She was a member of the Israeli Opera's Opera Studio. Since then she has performed numerous roles at the Israeli Opera including Gilda in Rigoletto (Verdi), Norina in Don Pasquale, Marie in La Fille du regiment (Donizetti), Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini), the title role in The cunning Little Vixen (Janacek), Euridice in Orfeo ed Euridice (Gluck), Olympia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Offenbach), Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Despina in Cosi fan tutte (Mozart), the leading role in The child Dreams (Shohat) including in Wiesbaden, Frasquita in Carmen (Bizet) and many others. She performed the title role in The Cunning Little Vixen (Janacek) in Bregen, Gulia in La scala di setta (Rossini) at the Rossini Festival in Pesaro, and Pierrot Lunaire (Schoenberg) at the Berlin Chamber Music Festival conducted by Daniel Barenboim. She sang with most Israeli orchestras including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion, the Israel Camerata Jerusalem, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra IBA and others. She has been awarded many prizes including The Minister of Culture Award, the Rosenblum Award and the Grabov, Basser, Silverman AICF and IVAI scholarships. She won the 2nd prize at the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition (Operetta) in Vienna.